The misadventures of the staff of a struggling Top 40 rock radio station in Cincinnati, Ohio.The misadventures of the staff of a struggling Top 40 rock radio station in Cincinnati, Ohio.The misadventures of the staff of a struggling Top 40 rock radio station in Cincinnati, Ohio.
- Won 1 Primetime Emmy
- 2 wins & 16 nominations total
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- TriviaLes Nessman wears a bandage on some part of his body in almost every episode. Eventually, he reveals that he has a very large dog at home. In real life, Richard Sanders was injured before taping Pilot: Part 1 (1978), and had to wear a bandage on the air. He decided to make it Les' trademark.
- GoofsLes Nessman is a bachelor, but he often is seen wearing a wedding ring.
- Quotes
Arthur 'Big Guy' Carlson: As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly.
- Crazy creditsThe lyrics for the closing credits consist of gibberish words.
- Alternate versionsMTM Productions' license to use some of the songs for this show expired in the mid-1990s. Syndicated and home video versions since then, including that on the Nick-at-Nite cable network, have replaced some of those songs with stock music.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The 32nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1980)
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This shows great strength (besides being funny) was that the characters became increasingly three-dimensional, a trait most sitcoms fail at..
Many sitcoms start out with great promise, but over successive seasons settle and turn dimensionally less realistic. Take for example Tony Danza's spiral down in "Taxi" into the "dumb guy." In WKRP in Cincinnati, the complete opposite was true. Two dimensional stereotypes at the beginning (cowboy programmer, dim-witted receptionist, lazy mama's boy manager, city-wise black DJ, etc.) were allowed over the show's course to become psychologically real. The on-going harassment by married salesman Herb Tarlek towards Jennifer the receptionist was finally confronted, and in subsequent episodes he was never quite the pig towards her as before. Alcoholism and drug abuse were addressed, but never in the "hit you over the head" PC style of today. The show could be simultaneously hilarious and of dire seriousness. If you can, catch the episodes in rerun in order. The final season is amazing, especially when the previous years have set you up for it. Carol Bruce (Mama Carlson) episodes are especially stunning. And always look for Les Nessman's roaming band-aid.
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- Sänt var'e här
- Filming locations
- Cincinnati Enquirer Building - 617 Vine Street, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA(Stand-in as the Osgood R. Flimm Building, home of the offices and studios of WKRP)
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- Runtime30 minutes
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